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Nigella Bites: From Family Meals to Elegant Dinners--Easy, Delectable Recipes for Any Occasion
With her charming style, delicious recipes, bestselling cookbooks, and popular cooking show, Nigella Lawson has become a household name -- symbolizing all that is sumptuous and pleasurable about food.In Nigella Bites, Nigella shares her favorite recipes that are easy to make after a busy day at the office, perfect to linger over during a lazy weekend, or fun to make with k...more
Hardcover, 254 pages
Published
November 13th 2002
by Hyperion
(first published May 10th 2001)
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I didn't really like Nigella Bites. I've never seen Nigella's show, but I checked this book out from the library after reading (and liking) Nigella Express. When I was finished with Nigella Bites, I compared the publication dates for the two, and Bites was published in 2002 while Express was published in 2007.
This could account for some of the reasons I didn't like Nigella Bites. It was much less polished and seemed to lack focus. The book was divided into sections with titles such as "Comfort...more
This could account for some of the reasons I didn't like Nigella Bites. It was much less polished and seemed to lack focus. The book was divided into sections with titles such as "Comfort...more
I will never forget the first time I saw Nigella Lawson - flipping through channels on a late, rainy night, I was stopped short by the sight of this curvaceous, gorgeous woman holding a stick of butter in each hand, extolling the virtues of bacon. Oh, the gleam in her eye, like some ancient goddess of bounty, inviting us cold and dieting masses to stop denying ourselves the oldest of pleasures. I was mesmerized. I feel the same way - enchanted - whenever I read one of her delightful cookbooks. D...more
As I've said before, I love Nigella's writing. She's a fab woman. This collection is easy peasy Nigella recipes that you want to make every day. I don't actually make any of them though I intend to one day. Maybe. As someone once said, this is classic cook book porn - reading about something that looks interesting and that other people do, but you know fine well you'll never try yourself. I can't take the credit for that as I can't remember who said it, but it's very appropriate I feel.
I picked up this cookbook at half-price books recently, and I'm glad I scored it for just a few dollars. Full of gorgeous full color pictures of tasty food, and equally tasty Nigella Lawson... unfortunately the recipe content isn't as compelling. This is one of those cookbooks I enjoy flipping through, but I don't think it will earn a place on my shelf as a go-to resource for recipe brainstorming. I do get a kick out of how the content is organized. The book is broken into sections: All-day brea...more
Beautiful book but the food is horrendous.
I love Nigella. Her casual elegance is easy to identify with. She's like the friend you always wanted- one who cooks well and loves to share! In this book based on the show of the same name, we get a lot of little tidbits about each dish and a beautiful colour photo as well. Why don't more cookbooks include a photo for each dish? It is an invaluable resource for the home cook.
As a vegetarian, there are many dishes I cannot try but several that just need a bit of a tweak. I'm most excited about h...more
As a vegetarian, there are many dishes I cannot try but several that just need a bit of a tweak. I'm most excited about h...more
This was the first Nigella Lawson book I ever read, because I'd seen her recipe for ham in Coca Cola on the TV show of the same name and was dying to try it. I've made it several times since, along with many other of her recipes. In fact, every recipe I've tried (which has been most of them) has had fabulous results, most especially the orange breakfast muffins, lemon risotto, italian sausage with lentils, slow-roasted pork shoulder, and sticky-toffee dessert. The book isn't perfect, though it'...more
I love the sections divvied up into categories like "Trashy," "Comfort Food," and "Temple Food", etc. This is one of my go-to cookbooks I use at least a few times each month, if not each week. Nigella writes with warmth and fun, and it shows just how passionate she is about food. I MUCH prefer her food-shortcuts approach than that of Rachael Ray.
So good I bought it twice! (A friend permanently borrowed my initial copy so I had to replace).
There are a number of recipes in here I couldn't live without. I adore the Coca-Cola ham, Egyptian Tomato Salad and the American Pancakes.
Easy to follow and fun! Something for everyone.
There are a number of recipes in here I couldn't live without. I adore the Coca-Cola ham, Egyptian Tomato Salad and the American Pancakes.
Easy to follow and fun! Something for everyone.
the unpretentious way she talks about food makes me want to park my butt at her kitchen table and just watch and wait. this is not a sterile instruction book. she takes you into her messy kitchen that smells delicious and her sleeves probably have egg on them but she tells you to eat and enjoy the company and leave the dishes for tomorrow. i have tried quite a few of the recipes..but the 24 hr pork has to be my favorite. it is amazing. i left one star off because quite a few of the recipes were...more
Lawson's lifestyle and chumsy narrative beguil so that cooking becomes secondary to the belief that everyone can live and cook and write this way: it seems so difficult that it must be very hard to pull off.
Some food is entirely too British for my taste, but the recipes I have tried have been delightful.
Oh, who am I kidding?
I always buy Nigella's cookbooks to read the prefaces to the recipes!
Oh, who am I kidding?
I always buy Nigella's cookbooks to read the prefaces to the recipes!
An old favourite ... well thumbed and well loved! One of my fav recipes comes from this book ... Nigella's meatballs in tomato sauce and pasta ... super easy to make and very yummy!!
I have read this book from cover to cover, several times over. I love Nigella's writing and her recipes are pretty good. If you like her T.V. shows, start with this book.
I find her incredibly annoying, but there are two recipes in here that Joel always makes--which would normally have triggered me to buy the book, but I couldn't overcome my distaste for her to do so
nigella can mae even the most complicated recipe seem easy and everytime ive used a recipe from this book itworked out perfectley
Best spaghetti and meatballs recipe. There are a few other hits in the book as well. Easy to follow recipes that come out great.
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Fabulous recipes. I borrowed that from public libraries, but I can't help keeping some of the recipes in my computer.
Love Nigella and she's so sexy when she cooks. Wish I I was more like that, but the recipes are odd. Sorry nigella!
I find some of the things she makes i cant eat due to i dont eat meat :) however, my hubby and son love it :)
love this book, love the recipes except for the fish ones. Try the fried peanut butter sandwich.
I'm a huge Nigella fan. No fuss recipes, but some are unusual. I love her narrative
Check out the chocolate cake - one of our favorites!! The frosting is amazing :)
Has recipes in there I'm not sure I would make.
I love Nigella Lawson,and I love this book.
(Although she had me at the cover.)
t's just a fun book to curl up with,and bring a cup of tea,and add a rainy day and it's a soothing wonderfull book.
Nigella's unpracticed amateur prose puts a kind of personal funky layer to this that makes it a lovely read.
I reccomend this very much,and also,it's just got some damn good simple recipies.
I would buy this as a gift for a new couple.
(Although she had me at the cover.)
t's just a fun book to curl up with,and bring a cup of tea,and add a rainy day and it's a soothing wonderfull book.
Nigella's unpracticed amateur prose puts a kind of personal funky layer to this that makes it a lovely read.
I reccomend this very much,and also,it's just got some damn good simple recipies.
I would buy this as a gift for a new couple.
Jan 14, 2008
Samantha
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4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
anybody who likes to eat,read or cook!
Shelves:
food-and-cookery
Definitely not for you if you're eating light and lean. This book is very much about comfort food in various shapes and forms and if you like to eat, well this works! The recipes work well (as all cookbooks should) and my favorites are probably the lemon risotto, the mozarella sandwiches and the cream cheese brownies!!! Yum. As usual Ms Lawson chatters away entertainingly and I think this is one of her better books.
I like to read cookbooks. Not recipes, but the little intros that some food writers will include. And Nigella's great. Her attitude is breezy, you can tell she's brilliant and fun, appreciates delicious, uncompromised dishes, and sees her curves as a badge of honor. Plus the photographs are beautiful, typical food porn.
Highly recommend the recipes for bread and butter ginger jam pudding and the toffee dessert.
Highly recommend the recipes for bread and butter ginger jam pudding and the toffee dessert.
This is probably the least dense of Nigella's cookbooks, and I think I prefer her enormous volumes. Bites is pretty simple, but well organised (I always like the way Nigella arranges her books) and contains some interesting recipes. I think her bigger books (Domestic Goddess and How to Eat) are always going to be my favourites though.
I love Nigella Lawson. Although I don't think I will be trying to make her recipe for "Spatchcoked Birds" I love reading all her cookbooks. She writes with wit, humor and true SASS about food, ingredients, cooking and life. I am thoroughly enjoying this books. I can't wait to rustle up the roasted vegetable & halloumi cheese bake.
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Nigella Lawson is the daughter of former Conservative cabinet minister Nigel Lawson (now Lord Lawson) and the late Vanessa Salmon, socialite and heir to the Lyons Corner House empire, who died of liver cancer in 1985. Lawson attended Godolphin and Latymer School and Westminster School before graduating from Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, with a degree in Medieval and Modern Languages.
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